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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Book Report Alternative: Creating Careers for Characters
   Students select a job listing for a character in a book they have read, then create a resume and application letter for that character.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Cover to Cover: Comparing Books to Movies
   Students compare and analyze novels and the movies adapted from them. They design new DVD covers and a related insert for the movies, reflecting their response to the movie version.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Developing Story Structure With Paper-Bag Skits
   Lights, camera, action, and a bit of mystery! In this lesson, students use mystery props in a skit bag to create and perform in short, impromptu skits.
4. Professional Development | Grades   7 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Graphic Novels in the Secondary Classroom and School Libraries
   This article examines the rise in popularity of graphic novels, the sales of which have steadily increased as their influence expands into adolescent culture.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 18
   Mickey Mouse appeared in his first animated feature.
   Students create a short, humorous story with at least one action character, and then use online tools to make a flipbook.
6. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Radical Change and Wikis: Teaching New Literacies
   Researchers in this study found that students had developed some visual literacy skills using Radical Change texts and wikis.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Story Character Homepage
   Students analyze personal homepages, as well as a character in a book they have read, and then create a homepage for the character.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 7  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 23
   The Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children is announced today.
   Students read and discuss an award-winning book before writing their own story that demonstrates compassion.
   
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Using Classic Poetry to Challenge and Enrich Students' Writing
   This lesson sets poetry in motion when students experiment with poetic styles to improve their writing skills and enhance their understanding of poetry.